'As the World Turns' matriarch Nancy Hughes dies at 91

Legendary "As the World Turns" actress Helen Wagner has died at age 91. She played mild-mannered Nancy Hughes on the CBS soap opera for more than a half-century.

New York-based CBS says Wagner died Saturday.

The network says Wagner spoke the first words on "As the World Turns" when the show premiered on April 2, 1956, and held the Guinness World Record for playing the same role on television for the longest amount of time.

Wagner was born in Lubbuck, Texas. CBS hasn't said where she died or what was the cause of her death.